Folke Hauger Johannessen (2 December 1913 – 17 April 1997) was a Norwegian military officer, an admiral of the

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. He served as

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from 1964 to 1972. During

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he was the deputy commander and commander of several Norwegian destroyers and a chief of an Escort Group in

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Service for the

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in the North Atlantic.Folke Hauger Johannessen
Store norske leksikon Hauger Johannessen was decorated with the Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav in 1972. He received the Grand Cross of the Danish Order of the Dannebrog and the

Order of the Lion of Finland The Order of the Lion of Finland ( fi, Suomen Leijonan ritarikunta; sv, Finlands Lejons orden) is one of three official orders in Finland, along with the Order of the Cross of Liberty and the Order of the White Rose of Finland. The President ...

. He was a Commander of the American Legion of Merit.

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1913 births 1997 deaths People from Gothenburg Royal Norwegian Navy personnel of World War II Royal Norwegian Navy admirals Norwegian memoirists Commanders of the Legion of Merit Grand Crosses of the Order of the Dannebrog Commanders Grand Cross of the Order of the Lion of Finland Chiefs of Defence (Norway) 20th-century Norwegian writers 20th-century memoirists Swedish emigrants to Norway {{norway-mil-bio-stub